gaffe
英 [ɡæf]
美 [ɡæf]
n. 失礼; 失态; 失言
复数:gaffes
BNC.23744 / COCA.19567
牛津词典
noun
- 失礼;失态;失言
a mistake that a person makes in public or in a social situation, especially sth embarrassing
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 失态;失礼
Agaffeis a stupid or careless mistake, for example when you say or do something that offends or upsets people.- He made an embarrassing gaffe at the convention last weekend.
他在上周末的会议上出了洋相,狼狈不堪。 - ...social gaffes committed by high-ranking individuals.
高层人士在社交场合的一些失态行为
- He made an embarrassing gaffe at the convention last weekend.
- 泄露秘密;走漏消息
If youblow the gaffeorblow the gaff, you tell someone something that other people wanted you to keep secret.
英英释义
noun
双语例句
- The second gaffe was to choose to resolve disputes not in China but in an arbitration court in Stockholm.
第二个过失是,选择在斯德哥尔摩的一家仲裁庭,而不是在中国解决纠纷。 - Twitter declined to comment on how the gaffe had occurred, with a spokesman for the US based company saying that the site does not comment on individuals accounts.
Twitter拒绝对这一乌龙事件发表评论,公司的一名发言人说Twitter不会对个人账号发表评论。 - A political gaffe is most dangerous when it seems to confirm what voters already suspect.
当政治上的失言看上去证实了选民们已有的怀疑时,这种失言是最危险的。 - The hilarious gaffe shows the journalist with his head slumped on his chest as the studio news anchor tries without success to wake him.
在那段令人捧腹的失态视频中,卢兹达头部低垂着,新闻工作室主播试图叫醒他却没有成功。 - Over his career he was renowned for telling jokes, summing up issues with memorable lines, and making the odd gaffe.
在他的职业生涯中,他因善于开玩笑,妙语连珠和时不时的出丑而出名。 - Some executives may be out of business. Following the embarrassing Christmas Day gaffe, several senior editorial staff was suspended.
有些主管人员也许被停职了。在圣诞节出丑之后,几个主要的编辑被停职。 - From the way she looked at me when I asked how much money she earned I realized I'd committed an awful gaffe.
当我问她赚多少钱时,从她看我的样子,我了解到我非常的失言。 - Journalist Michael Kinsley famously defined a political gaffe as when a politician tells the truth& some obvious truth he isn't supposed to say.
记者迈克尔·金斯利曾有一句著名的论断,他说,政客的失态就是说了实话&而且是一些不该说的大实话。 - All officials were waiting to see Beigong She's gaffe.
文武百官于是都在旁等着看北宫奢如何出丑。 - He would have to make amends for his monumental gaffe of earlier today.
他一定得对今天早上极端失礼的行为进行补救。